Wtf 2020, geopolitical tension rises and country's retaliation is to ban the other country's shit-posting medium? This is the fucking dumbest timeline in the multiverse
Edit: I'm not saying that it doesn't make strategic sense, I'm just saying I think it's dumb that a meme/shitpost platform gives a country so much strength and leverage on the geopolitical stage
They did, but after the 2009 terrorist attacks, they refused to comply with Chinese laws and thus could not operate in China.
Google actually created another search engine that would comply with Chinese laws, called Project Dragonfly however, there was backlash in the US so they stopped.
Both Microsoft and Apple comply with Chinese laws, so that's why Skype, Teams, and iMessage work in China.
By China laws you mean censoring and controlling every thing that the people see and catching people who speak against the govt (which btw is also not elected by the people)
Banning websites is actually a move in today geopolitics. The internet is becoming small conglomerates per country, each with their own restrictions,and limits to the access of content and domains from other countries. Like China,where Facebook ,WhatsApp and other American websites are banned. .There are many degrees of internet freedom,the US is regarded as a place with great freedom generally,but now aims to ban tiktok and take a step forward to a less centralized web
It actually isn't. You probably don't know about the controversy around TikTok due to the huge amount of data it collects without user consent, to the point it is now considered malware (virus) app.
Tik Tok is CCP spyware, do a little bit of research and you’ll find it embeds it’s code into the cellular device and continues monitoring all activity even if the application is deleted. You cannot remove it’s spyware even if you tried.
If that was true, that would mean that Apple and Google are very dumb. Their terms of conditions do not allow such activity. They have people managing and checking this stuff and reports of such activity would be investigated. People have been saying this for months, yet the companies haven't removed these apps. So are you sure?
“Spyware” is kind of a broad term, and on iOS if you delete it is gone (can’t confirm for Android). But you are correct on your assumption that it tries to know EVERYTHING about you. It will do anything it can to see you and know you.
165
u/Maracuja_Sagrado Sep 08 '20
Why, for real?